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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mimi has a poster of which of the following in her bedroom?

2. Jess notes it odd for Ben to have left behind which of the following?

3. At what train station does Jess arrive in Paris?

4. For how much is Sophie initially blackmailed?

5. In which café does Mendelson offer to meet Jess?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mimi note is Camille's usual clubbing practice?

2. What does Jess note might be a good motto for herself?

3. What advice from her mother does Jess note was useful for her, although not for her mother?

4. What reason does Antoine’s wife voice for not disclosing information to Jess?

5. What opinion about Englishmen is voiced that Ben belies (37)?

6. Why does Jess note smelling of vinegar when she arrives in Paris?

7. What reasons are given for separating Ben and Jess via adoption?

8. Nick notes that "Normally [during exercise], I'd sit here and do a class, or listen to a Ted Talk" (40)? Why does he not do so?

9. What reasons does Ben note for feeling that “Jess could hardly have chosen a worse time to decide to come and stay” with him (1)?

10. What does Jess note is her main problem in life (24)?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Overall, what is the most important theme of The Paris Apartment. What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

The crime on which the Meunier family fortune is based is of a particular sort. How would the novel differ were the crime of a different sort altogether? Why would it differ in that way?

Essay Topic 3

Much is made of the Parisian setting of the bulk of the novel. How might the novel have been different if set in another major world city, such as New York City, London, Los Angeles, Shanghai, or Rome? Why would it have been different in those ways?

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